UpDate - Vol. 11, No. 12, Page 2
November 21, 1991
Nobel winners have campus connection

     The University has a strong connection to a number of Nobel
laureates, according to James Mehl, chairperson of physics and
astronomy.
     Over the years, Mehl said, several Nobel Prize-winners have
presented lectures on the campus, including Daviel Nathans,
Delaware '50, who won the Nobel Prize for medicine in 1978.
     Recent awardees who have spoken on campus include Nikolaas
Bloembergen and Heine Rohrer.
     The most recent recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics and
Chemistry, Pierre-Gilles de Gennes of France, was on campus several
years ago as a distinguished lecturer in the Department of Chemical
Engineering.
     In addition, two experts quoted about de Gennes' selection and
research in the Oct. 17 edition of The New York Times also have
connections to the University.
     Pat Cladis, an expert in superconductivity at AT&T Bell
Laboratories and Douglas Osheroff of Stanford University, have
presented physics colloquia on campus, and Osheroff was a visiting
professor for an extended period.